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EAZA NEWS Zoo Nutrition 4 ZOO NUTRITION EAZANEWS 2008 publication of the european association of zoos and aquaria september 2008 — eaza news zoo nutrition issue number 4 8 Feeding our animals without wasting our planet 10 Sustainability and nutrition of The Deep’s animal feed sources 18 Setting up a nutrition research programme at Twycross Zoo 21 Should zoo food be chopped? 26 Feeding practices for captive okapi 15 The development of a dietary review team 24 Feeding live prey; chasing away visitors? EAZA Zoonutr5|12.indd 1 08-09-2008 13:50:55 eaza news 2008 colophon zoo nutrition EAZA News is the quarterly magazine of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) issue 4 Managing Editor Jeannette van Benthem ([email protected]) Editorial staff for EAZA News Zoo Nutrition Issue 4 Joeke Nijboer, Andrea Fidgett, Catherine King Design Jantijn Ontwerp bno, Made, the Netherlands Printing Drukkerij Van den Dool, Sliedrecht, the Netherlands ISSN 1574-2997. The views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria. Printed on TREE-FREE paper bleached without chlorine and free from acid who is who in eaza foreword EAZA Executive Committee Although nourishing zoo animals properly and according chair Leobert de Boer, Apenheul Primate Park vice-chair Simon Tonge, Paignton Zoo secretary Eric Bairrao Ruivo, Lisbon Zoo treasurer Ryszard Topola, Lodz Zoo to their species’ needs is a most basic requirement to chair eep committee Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo chair membership & ethics maintain sustainable populations in captivity, zoo and committee Lars Lunding Andersen, Copenhagen Zoo chair aquarium committee aquarium nutrition has been a somewhat underestimated chair legislation committee Jurgen Lange, Berlin Zoo Ulrich Schurer, Wuppertal Zoo science for a long time. However, thanks to the continued EAZA Executive Director efforts of a small group of colleagues trying to raise Lesley Dickie, EAZA Executive Office, Amsterdam the interest in this important aspect of our work, the EAZA Nutrition Group has become an established and EAZA Standing Committees Chairs active group during the past few years. eep committee Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo membership & ethics committee Lars Lunding Andersen, Copenhagen Zoo aquarium committee Jurgen Lange, Berlin Zoo Their actions are of utmost importance, as we are facing legislation committee Ulrich Schurer, Wuppertal Zoo an increasing number of nutritional challenges. EEPs EAZA Specialist Committees Chairs and TAGS are growing in numbers and developing veterinary committee Jacques Kaandorp, Safaripark Beekse Bergen (Hilvarenbeek) continuously, and most if not all of them are in urgent research committee Alastair Macdonald, University of Edinburgh need of sound nutritional advice in order to produce conservation committee Pierre Gay, Zoo de Doue adequate husbandry guidelines. Behavioural enrichment education & exhibit design committee Henk Hiddingh, Emmen Zoo committee on technical assistance & animal welfare Dominique Tropeano, Colchester Zoo is receiving an increasing amount of attention, and food committee on pr & marketing vacancy presentation – and thus nutrition – plays a major role. Calorie intake and energy balance of animals living under EAZA Council Members 2006 - 2009 austria Michael Martys, Innsbruck Zoo belgium Rudy van Eysendeyk, Antwerp Zoo croatia zoo conditions requires a scientific approach to ensure Davorka Maljkovic, Zagreb Zoo czech republic Dana Holeckova, Dvur Kralove Zoo · Vladislav Jirousek, optimal health and reproduction. Last but not least, Jihlava Zoo denmark Lars Lunding Andersen, Copenhagen Zoo estonia Mati Kaal, Tallinn Zoo sustainable use of resources – a field of interest in which finland france Seppo Turunen, Helsinki Zoo Françoise Delord, ZooParc de Beauval · Pierre Gay, zoos and aquariums as educational institutions should Zoo de Doue · Thierry Jardin, CERZA Lisieux · Michel Hignette, Aquarium de la Porte Doree germany Bernhard Blaszkiewitz, Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde and Berlin Zoo · Dieter Jauch, Wilhelma (Stuttgart) · set outstanding examples – has a considerable bearing Achim Johann, NaturZoo Rheine · Thomas Kauffels, Georg von Opel Zoo (Kronberg) · Ulrich Schurer, on our ways of acquiring and preparing animal foods. Wuppertal Zoo greece Andreas Sioulas, Rhodes Aquarium hungary Miklos Persanyi, Budapest Zoo ireland Leo Osterweghel, Dublin Zoo israel Shai Doron, Jerusalem Zoo italy Gloria Svampa Garibaldi, This special issue of EAZA News uniquely demonstrates Punta Verde Zoo (Lignano) latvia Rolands Greizins, Riga Zoo lithuania Vaclovas Dumcius, Kaunas Zoo luxembourg Guy Willems, Parc Merveilleux (Bettembourg) netherlands Leobert de Boer, that the EAZA Nutrition Group identifies these and Apenheul Primate Park · Wim Verberkmoes, GaiaPark Kerkrade Zoo norway Arne Magne Robstad, other relevant issues, and approaches and tackles them poland portugal russia Kristiansand Zoo Ryszard Topola, Lodz Zoo Eric Bairrao Ruivo, Lisbon Zoo soundly. EAZA can be proud of such a group. Vladimir V. Spitsin, Moscow Zoo slovakia Miloslava Savelova, Bratislava Zoo slovenia Zdenka Barbara Ban Fischinger, Ljubljana Zoo spain Jose Ignacio Cobo, Zoo Aquarium Madrid · Agustin Lopez Goya, Faunia (Madrid) sweden Hans-Ove Larsson, Skansen Foundation (Stockholm) · Bo Kjellson, Boras Djurpark Leobert E.M. de Boer switzerland Christian Stauffer, Wildpark Langenberg (Langnau) turkey vacancy ukraine Vladimir Chairman EAZA Topchy, Nikolaev Zoo united arab emirates Paul Vercammen, Arabia’s Wildlife Centre (Sharjah) united kingdom Bryan Carroll, Bristol Zoo · Mark Pilgrim, Chester Zoo · Simon Tonge, Paignton Zoo · Ken J. Sims, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens (Great-Yarmouth) · Dominique A. Tropeano, Colchester Zoo EAZA Nutrition Group Standing Committee Chairs co-opted in Council chair Andrea Fidgett, Chester Zoo Bengt Holst, Copenhagen Zoo · Jurgen Lange, Berlin Marcus Clauss, University of Zurich Tjalling Huisman, Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein Specialist Committee Chairs as observers in Council Geert Janssens, University of Ghent Alastair Macdonald, University of Edinburgh · Jacques Kaandorp, Safaripark Beekse Bergen Michael Jorgensen, Copenhagen Zoo (Hilvarenbeek) · Henk Hiddingh, Emmen Zoo Joeke Nijboer, Rotterdam Zoo member of eaza executive office c/o Amsterdam Zoo, PO Box 20164, 1000 HD Amsterdam, The Netherlands Website: www.eaza.net e-mail: [email protected] 02 02 EAZA Zoonutr5|12.indd 2 08-09-2008 13:50:57 eaza news 2008 zoo nutrition issue 4 08 21 30 c contents photo rob doolaard (izp)/rotterdam zoo photo paignton zoo photo stock Colophon · Who is who · Foreword 02 03 contents 04 advertisements Dear member 05 from the eaza nutrition group Friday 25th January · Saturday 26th January 06 conference programme Sunday 27th January · Poster presentations 07 conference programme Feeding our animals without wasting our planet; some thoughts about sustainable zoo food 08 sustainability and nutrition 09 sustainability and nutrition Sustainability and nutrition of The Deep’s animal feed sources; a review 10 sustainability and nutrition 11 sustainability and nutrition 12 sustainability and nutrition 13 advertisement 14 advertisement A personal overview of the development of a dietary review team at Marwell Zoological Park 15 dietary review team 16 dietary review team 17 dietary review team Setting up a nutrition research programme at Twycross Zoo 18 nutrition research programme 19 advertisement 20 advertisement Should zoo food be chopped? 21 chopping zoo food 22 chopping zoo food 23 chopping zoo food Chasing away visitors? The attitude of the general public towards feeding vertebrate live prey 24 feeding live prey 25 feeding live prey Current feeding practices for captive okapi; how are guidelines used? 26 okapi feeding 27 okapi feeding 28 advertisements Welfare is not a privilege of show animals only; carbon dioxide euthanasia of small prey animals 29 animal welfare EAZA Penguin TAG; nutrition questionnaire evaluation 30 penguin nutrition 31 penguin nutrition 32 penguin nutrition 33 penguin nutrition 34 advertisement 35 advertisements Now online! 36 eaza nutrition group 15 24 cover Feeding the rhinoceros photo chester zoo 03 photo gert janssen EAZA Zoonutr5|12.indd 3 08-09-2008 13:50:58 • In Press • Springer Life Science is proud to announce the release in 2009 of: INTEGRATIVE WILDLIFE NUTRITION Perry S. Barboza • Katherine L. Parker • Ian D. Hume Integrative Wildlife Nutrition connects behavioral, morphological and biochemical traits of animals to the life history of species and thus the dynamics of populations. It provides a practical framework for understanding the interactions between food resources and wildlife populations and for managing the harvest of abundant species and the conservation of threatened populations. Integrative Wildlife Nutrition is for students and professionals in animal physiology and ecology, conservation biology and wildlife management. Integrative Wildlife Nutrition emphasizes the general features of vertebrates that pertain to ecology and adaptations of wildlife. This integra- tive approach emphasizes the importance of wildlife nutrition from molecules and cells to ecosystems. NEW PUBLICATION Pages Pages Pages EAZA Zoonutr5|12.indd 4 08-09-2008 13:51:01 eaza news 2008 from the eaza nutrition group zoo nutrition issue 4 Dear member Dr. Andrea Fidgett, Nutritionist Chester Zoo, United Kingdom, Chair EAZA Nutrition Group, Member of the Organising and Scientific Committee for the 5th European Zoo Nutrition Conference Organized
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